The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald, damaged by colliding with a Philippine-flagged merchant vessel, is seen at the US naval base in Yokosuka, Japan June 18, 2017.[Photo/Agencies] TOKYO -- All seven bodies of US sailors missing after a collision between the US Navy's guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald and a Philippine container vessel have been found aboard the stricken destroyer, local media reported Sunday. According to Japan's public broadcaster NHK, all seven bodies of the missing sailors were found aboard the destroyer in areas that had become flooded after the collision, such as a living space and a machine room. The Navy said in a statement that rescuers had gained access to spaces that were damaged during the collision. As search and rescue crews gained access to the spaces that were damaged during the collision this morning, the missing sailors were located, the US 7th Fleet said, although itself, in contrast to Japanese media, did not specify the number of bodies recovered. The US military will now proceed to confirm the identity of the bodies and inform the families of the deceased, it said. The bodies are being transferred to Naval Hospital Yokosuka. Three others were injured in the collision, local media said, including Cmdr. Bryce Benson, the Fitzgerald's commanding officer, who is in a stable condition in hospital. Two other crew members were airlifted to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, the Navy said. According to the Japan Coast Guard, the collision occurred about 100 kilometers southwest of Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, and was first reported by the Philippine container vessel at around 2:25 a.m. local time on Saturday. Along with the US Navy, the Japan Coast Guard is investigating the collision and has questioned crew members of the 29,060-ton Philippine ACX Crystal container vessel on suspicion of possible endangerment of traffic caused by professional negligence, according to local media reports. NHK said that a record aboard the Philippine ship shows that it took a sharp right turn southeast of the Izu Peninsula at around 1:30 a.m., about an hour before the collision was reported. The vessel, which was carrying 1,080 containers, was recorded as traveling east for 30 minutes before making a U-turn and doubling back into the waters where the collision with the 8,315-ton Aegis-equipped Fitzgerald took place. Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen, operator of the Philippine vessel, said in a statement that it is collaborating with the ship owner and fully cooperating with the investigation by the relevant authorities. The shipping firm, headquartered in Tokyo and one of the largest shipping companies in the world, said that all crew members aboard the ACX Crystal have been confirmed to be safe and that it has set up its own independent task force to further probe the details of the collision and how to proceed. A myriad of information is currently being analyzed by all sides on the cause of the collision, sources close to the matter have said, such as the exact locations of the two vessels, the speed they were traveling at, their routes, their radar and other surveillance capabilities, as well as the weather conditions at the time. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JAM) said that at the time of the collision, the weather and therefore visibility should have been clear and the waves were at a height of around 2 meters. The weather agency had not issued any advisories or warnings for the area at the time. The 154 meter-long US guided-missile destroyer, which suffered considerable damage to its right side in the collision, is part of the US 7th Fleet and has returned to the Yokosuka Naval Base in Kanagawa Prefecture, about 50 kilometers southwest of Tokyo. The 222.6-meter-long Philippine ship, which was sailing towards Tokyo from Nagoya in central Japan, has since docked at a port in Tokyo with visible scrape marks from the collision on the left side of its bow. US President Donald Trump thanked Japan for its help, which involved multiple vessels and planes being deployed to search for the missing sailors following the pre-dawn collision. Thoughts and prayers with the sailors of USS Fitzgerald and their families. Thank you to our Japanese allies for their assistance, Trump tweeted Saturday morning Washington time. tyvek wristbands londonsilicon or siliconebracelet maker onlinerubber wristbands in bulkbat fidget spinner
China started building an integrated experimental device for extreme conditions in Beijing on Thursday, according to local media reports. Once completed, it can greatly improve the country's scientific competitiveness in relevant industries. It is the first major scientific and technological infrastructure project to be constructed at the Huairou Science City, a comprehensive national science center in Beijing's Huairou district. Primarily operated by the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), it is a large scientific experimental device that incorporates a group of facilities which generate extreme conditions such as ultralow temperatures, ultrahigh pressure, high magnetic fields and ultrafast optical fields, as well as systems for sample representation, measurement and other supporting functions. Extreme conditions Substances are formed under certain physical conditions and, under the extreme conditions generated by these physical experiments, new substances and new states of matter that cannot exist under normal conditions will form, leading to new scientific phenomena and breakthroughs. For example, the ultralow temperature is 300,000 times lower than room temperature, and the high magnetic field 600,000 times stronger than the Earth's. The ultrahigh pressure may be equivalent to that of the Earth's core. Make a big significance Making breakthroughs under extreme experimental conditions has become an important scientific model and many developed countries have invested heavily in this field, equipping their research institutions with advanced experimental facilities designed specifically for extreme conditions. "The overall level of experimental methods under extreme conditions will directly improve China's competitiveness in several core domains," said Fang Zhong, director of the Institute of Physics, CAS. The device is of significant value in scientific research, Fang said. It can be used in the research of non-conventional superconductors, the topological state of matter and new quantum materials and devices, and also help accelerate the ultrafast science research in physics, chemistry, biomedicine. Integration and penetration into different scientific disciplines will be promoted. The project is expected to be completed in five years, and once completed, will be the world's first consumer device that incorporates extreme conditions. Both domestic and international users will have access to the device, according to Lyu Li, the project's chief scientist.
